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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES THE
2005-2006 INTERACTIVE TELEVISION EMMY® AWARD WINNERS
North Hollywood, CA, July 19, 2006 – The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group has identified the winners for the 2005-2006 Outstanding Achievement for Interactive Television Emmy Awards. The announcement was made by Brian Seth Hurst, Co-Governor of Television Academy's Interactive Media Peer Group at the American Film Institute's Digital Content Festival today.
Please see recipients below. These winners will be presented with their Emmys at the Creative Arts Awards on Saturday, August 19 at the Shrine Auditorium.
Outstanding Achievement for Interactive Television Emmy Awards Recipients
Area 1
Outstanding Achievement for Enhanced or
Interactive Programming: Television
TiVo Service, TiVo, Inc. 2005-2006
Jim Barton, Margret Schmidt, Jim Denney, Tom Rogers
The TiVo service advances the state of the interactive arts and sciences by providing a simple, smart, and connected new way for people to enjoy television and much more. TiVo also provides subscribers a powerful search engine to find and automatically record their favorite shows and even discover new shows that match their interests. The TiVo service seamlessly connects consumers to the digital entertainment they want, where and when they want it.
Area 2
Outstanding Achievement for Enhanced or
Interactive Programming: New Delivery Platforms
ABC.com Full Episode Streaming Player
ABC.com
Albert Cheng, Bruce Gersh, Alexis Rapo
Conventional wisdom dictated that it was not possible to provide high bit-rate streaming video, over the Internet, to large numbers of people simultaneously, while maintaining consistent quality and doing so in a cost-effective manner. ABC.com's full episode streaming player dispenses with those previously held beliefs as it leverages emerging technologies and digital platforms to enhance and extend the ABC television network's relationship with consumers.
Finalists were chosen by members of the Interactive Media Peer Group who voted in an online voting system. Emmy winners were selected from among the finalists by a Blue Ribbon panel that met on July 10 at the Television Academy.
About the Television Academy's Interactive Media Peer Group
The Interactive Media Peer Group was created by the Television Academy in 2000 and has been admitting qualified interactive media professionals ever since. The peer group, building on the Academy’s original mission, is devoted to the advancement of interactive arts and sciences and fostering creative leadership in interactive media.
In addition to recognizing outstanding interactive programming, the purpose of the IMPG also includes leadership in the interactive industry for artistic, cultural, educational and technological progress. The group produces educational and networking events, liaisons and promotes communications with industry trade organizations, standards bodies and professional organizations.
About the American Film Institute
AFI is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media. AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers at its world-renowned Conservatory, maintains America's film heritage through the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and explores new digital technologies in entertainment and education through the AFI Digital Content Lab and K-12 Screen Education Center.
As the largest nonprofit exhibitor in the US, AFI ON SCREEN encompasses the annual AFI FEST presented by Audi: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival—as well as year-round programming at ArcLight Hollywood and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, including SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival.
AFI AWARDS, the annual almanac for the 21st century, honors the most outstanding motion pictures and television programs of the year, while AFI's 100 Years . . . series has ignited extraordinary public interest in classic American movies. And, during the past 34 years, AFI’s Life Achievement Award has become the highest honor for a career in film. Additional information about AFI is available at AFI.com.
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Nominations were made by active Academy members who voted for programs and other peer categories of their expertise. Peer panels made up of active Academy members will screen nominations during the month of July and August and, in secret ballot, select the Emmy winners.
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